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During his lifetime, Gustav Klimt was a controversial star whose works made passions run high. He stood for Modernism but he also embodied tradition. His pictures polarized and divided the art-loving world. The press and general public alike were split over the question: For or against Klimt? This monograph explores Klimt's oeuvre with particular emphasis upon such contemporary voices. With a complete catalogue of his paintings, including new photographs of the Stoclet Frieze commissioned exclusively for this book, it examines the reactions to Klimt's work throughout his career. Subjects range from Klimt's portrayal of women to his adoption of landscape painting. The theory that Klimt was a man of few words who rarely put pen to paper is also dispelled with the inclusion of 179 letters, cards, writings, and other documents from the artist.Contributing authors: Evelyn Benesch, Marian Bisanz-Prakken, Rainald Franz, Anette Freytag, Christoph Grunenberg, Hansjörg Krug, Susanna Partsch, Angelina Pötschner, and Michaela Reichel… (más)
It is my belief that if books on artistic subjects must be sullied with prosaic interludes that these words at least be of passing beauty, so as not to negatively impact the beauty or visual interest of the art. Unfortunately, this book is a prime exampel of how overly academic - and by academic I mean dry and lifeless -writing can ruin an art book. I therefore skipped reading anything but the introduction and first paragraphs (enough to prove the unappealing narrative style of the commentators), and focused instead on immersing myself in the glorious mosaics, frescoes, and sketches of Gustav Klimt. Thankfully te inclusion of all of Klimt's body of work was done to perfection, and made up for my earlier disappointments. ( )
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When a film about Gustav Klimt, with John Malkovich in the leading role, was released in 2006 and a painting by the artist changed hands for an alleged US$135 million around the same time, Klimt's popularity soared to a new high.
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"It can only rest on that which is gliding past and is conscious that what other generations believe is something solid, is something gliding past" (Hofmannsthal 1951 [posthumous], p. 272).
During his lifetime, Gustav Klimt was a controversial star whose works made passions run high. He stood for Modernism but he also embodied tradition. His pictures polarized and divided the art-loving world. The press and general public alike were split over the question: For or against Klimt? This monograph explores Klimt's oeuvre with particular emphasis upon such contemporary voices. With a complete catalogue of his paintings, including new photographs of the Stoclet Frieze commissioned exclusively for this book, it examines the reactions to Klimt's work throughout his career. Subjects range from Klimt's portrayal of women to his adoption of landscape painting. The theory that Klimt was a man of few words who rarely put pen to paper is also dispelled with the inclusion of 179 letters, cards, writings, and other documents from the artist.Contributing authors: Evelyn Benesch, Marian Bisanz-Prakken, Rainald Franz, Anette Freytag, Christoph Grunenberg, Hansjörg Krug, Susanna Partsch, Angelina Pötschner, and Michaela Reichel
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